#BC5539#BC5539

#BC5539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5539
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 39.59, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 53.50, 42.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1129 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.14 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7284, 17.4869, 5.9432)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5539 #39A0BC

analogous

#BC395F #BC5539 #BC9639

triadic

#BC5539 #39BC55 #5539BC

tetradic

#BC5539 #5FBC39 #39A0BC #9639BC

square

#BC5539 #5FBC39 #39A0BC #9639BC

split-complementary

#BC5539 #39BC96 #395FBC

monochromatic

#5E2B1D #8D402B #BC5539 #D07A63 #DEA292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC5539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC5539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5539

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5539	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78870',
    500: '#bc5539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5539;
$custom-light: #d78870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.824,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5539

secondary

#88BBC9

accent

#BEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5539

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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